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Research Method: Big 6

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It incorporates 6 different steps for the research process.
I want to learn how to best teach each step.
I learned that students should easily see the connections between these 6 steps.
What is the most effective way to teach the Big 6 process?
It can be easily utilized in any content area.

According to Janet Murray, step 6 (evaluation) helps students improve their information and communication technology literacy skills.
How do you insure reflection at each stage?
It teaches students problem-solving skills.

Allows for differentiation of instruction in each of the 6 steps

It needs to begin with a problem or a question.

Addresses the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner

It teaches skills that will be useful throughout their lives - not just in school.

I have always thought of the Big 6 as cyclical, but I learned from Eisenberg that the steps can be in any order, depending upon the needs of the researcher.




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